Loom-picker



(No Model.)

H. KELLY.

LO0M PIGKER.

N9. 3 97.649. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

Even Z011 witnesses.

lUNlTED STATns PATENT @rrrcn.

HAROLD KELLY, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

LOOM- -PBCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,649, dated February12, 1889.

Application filed July 20, 1888. fierial No. 280,505. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD KELLY, of Biddeford, in the county of Yorkand State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLoom-Pickers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in loom-pickers, and is speciallydesigned to pro duce a picker of rawhide that shall be economical inmanufacture, durable in use, and one that is shapely in form, andtherefore easy and perfect in operation. It is also designed to overcomethe tendency which the point of theshuttle often has to work out throughthe side of the picker-head.

It consists of two pieces of rawhide, one of which forms the filling andthe other the outside inclosing-wrapper.

In the drawings herewith accompanying, Figure 1 is a perspective of myimproved picker, showing a hole in the head to guide the shuttle-point.Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the head solid, the same lettersreferring to like parts in both figures.

In the said drawings, A represents the head, B'the shank, and C therod-holder, of my improved picker. The filling consists of a head part,a, formed by rolling up one end of a strip of rawhide of suitable shape,the shank part 6, formed by the middle of the said inner strip,extending out from the head A, and down through the shank l3, and therod-holder part 0, formed by turning the said inner strip to form therod'hole c, and then folding it back upon itself to form the wedgeshapedfilling-plug f, substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

The interior or filling of the picker when thus formed and arranged Icover with a jacket, of rawhide. Said jacket, like the filling, is madeof a single piece. It should begin close up to the rod-hole, thenceextend along the shank 1), around the head a, thence back along theother side of the shank I), thence around the part c, and until itoverlaps more or less the point of beginning, so that the rivets 7b infront of the rod-hole may pass through both ends of the jacket, thefilling, and the filling-plug f. In the shank close to the head are setthe rivets vt', passing through jacket and filling. Other rivets, k, canbe set in the shank at will. The filling being in one piece, the rivets2' near the head render it unnecessary to have rivets in the head,because these rivets hold the filling as well in the head as in theshank rigidly and permanently within the jacket. The shankfilling, beingintegral with and extending out from the head-filling, enables thejacket to fit in closely around the head-filling, so that the rivets canbe set close up to the head, thus giving a uniform and shapely head, anda shank of uniform thickness, which result cannot be attained by the oldmethod of making the shank, the head-cap, and filling of differentpieces.

In rawhide pickers as now made it often happens that the point of theshuttle will T tend to work out at one side of the pickerhead, followingan imperfect or softer part of the filling substance. tle being sharpand the end conical, it tends strongly to follow the direction firsttaken, and hence renders the picker useless much sooner than otherwisewould happen. To obviate this difficulty, I make in the rawhidepicker-head a small round hole, passing 1011- gitudinally through thehead at or near the center, as seen at tin Fig. 1. This holelmay beformed by drilling after the picker-head has been made solid, as shownin Fig. 2, or it may be made by rolling the filling of the head around acylindrical rod and then withdrawing the rod. While the hole Z is usefulin all rawhide pickers of whatsoever make, it is especially adapted tothose in which the headfilling is formed by rollingup the rawhide, as inthe present invention. The rivets may of course have their headsembedded in the hide, so that the shank part will be perfectly smooth.The object of having the rod-hole formed in the filling is to strengthenthe picker at this point. The filling might terminate just in front ofthe rod-hole; but the part surrounding the rod-hole would then be muchweaker.

The point of the shut- Having described my invention and its use, What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a loom-picker, the combination, with an outside jacket, of aninside filling made from a single piece of material, one end beingrolled into a coil for the head, a straight middle part extending downthrough the shank and the other end folded around the rod-hole, saidjacket and filling being held together by'rivets, substantially as andfor the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. In a loom-picker, the combination, with an outside jacket, of aninside filling made of a single piece of material, one end being rolledinto a coil for the head and the other or free end extending down intothe shank Within the jacket, and rivets holding the jacket and fillingtogether, substantially as set forth.

3. In a loom-picker, the combination, With an outside jacket, of aninner filling made of a single piece of material, one end being rolledinto a coil. for the head, the middle part extending down through theshank and the other end folded around the rod-hole, extending back ashort distance, and then turned back upon itself in front of therodhole, said jacket and filling being held together by rivets,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

HAROLD KELLY.

Witnesses:

G. H. PARCHER, O. T. S. BLAKE.

